Death of a Princeton President by Ann Waldron

An "A" in assassination
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist McLeod Dulaney is delighted to be back on the lovely Princeton campus, teaching a writing class. But a dark cloud falls over the ivied halls when college president Melissa Faircloth suddenly goes missing. The administration wants to keep it quiet, especially the provost, who--as the most unpopular man on campus--was about to be fired. And there are others who might have wanted her out of the way, like those who couldn't abide a female Princeton president...and Faircloth's ex-husband, a man devoted to martinis, failure, and making trouble for his former wife. When the president's body is finally discovered--in her private, office closet--McLeod must find out who put her on permanent sabbatical...

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